Fw: [ANSWER] A.N.S.W.E.R. statement on the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin

["nello margiotta" <nellomargiotta55 at virgilio.it>]

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Subject: [ANSWER] A.N.S.W.E.R. statement on the assassination of Sheikh
Ahmed Yassin


> THE ASSASSINATION OF SHEIKH AHMED YASSIN -
> Palestine is also the target
>
> Statement from the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
>
> The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition shares the sentiment of the
> Palestinian people and the international community in
> condemning the assassination of the prominent Palestinian
> leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.  This is a criminal action
> against not only a political leader, but also the entirety
> of the Palestinian people and their movement for
> self-determination and return. The attack was not just on
> one man or on one group, but was an attack against the
> Palestinian people, just as Israel has terrorized and
> killed thousands of Palestinians in an effort to destroy
> all resistance to the occupation of Palestine.
>
> We regard this assassination as an indication that the
> Sharon government is preparing an all out assault on the
> Palestinian people, much in the same context as the attack
> on Lebanon in June 1982. At that time, Israel, with the
> full backing of the Reagan Administration, invaded
> Lebanon, occupied Beirut and heavily bombed Lebanese and
> Palestinian residential areas for months. The aim was to
> destroy the Palestinian national liberation movement and
> turn Lebanon into a virtual colony. Israel's occupation of
> Lebanese land was ended only in 2000.
>
> Now, the Sharon government is attempting to create
> desperate conditions and issue what they hope will be a
> crushing blow to the Palestinian people. Before and
> following the murder of Sheikh Yassin, the Sharon
> government has announced that it intends to escalate the
> killing of Palestinian leaders. Given that these actions
> will create a firestorm of opposition in the region and
> within Palestine, it is inconceivable to consider that the
> Sharon government could have undertaken this action
> unilaterally and without the approval of the Bush
> administration.
>
> More than ever before, support for the Palestinian people
> and their right to return and self-determination is an
> imperative.  It is our duty to raise our voices louder and
> to organize to call into question the complicity of the
> United States government in this process.
>
> We must redouble our effort to stop all forms of
> assistance to Israel, including military, economic,
> political, and diplomatic support. Israel receives $15
> million every day from our taxes, and uses U.S.-made
> weapons in its war on the Palestinian people. In return,
> Israel polices the Middle East on behalf of Corporate
> America. While millions are out of work and tens of
> millions have no health care, billions of dollars are sent
> every year to Israel to oppress the Arab people.
>
> As the U.S. continues its colonial occupations of
> Afghanistan and Iraq, and as it robs the Haitian people of
> their liberty, the State of Israel continues its attempts
> to subjugate the Palestinian people by destroying their
> homes, expropriating their land, assassinating their
> leaders, and placing them within the confines of an
> Apartheid wall and in exile.
>
> The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition stands in solidarity with the
> Palestinian people and with all those fighting colonial
> occupation.
>
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